hi

i,m enquiring for my daughter-in-law, she and my 2 grandchildren are applying for a settlement visa to the uk. my son is working in norway till April then back to the uk to hopefully be with his family in April. the problem is they have no accomodation. My son could rent somewhere in aberdeen now to get contracts for visa, but what a waste of money as no one will be living there until April. Or we could apply for the visa and state my daughter-in-law and 2 children will me staying with me. but they might query that my sons job is in aberdeen and his family are staying in lancashire with his mum. would this be a problem.

shame your son did not think about the Suringda Singh case, he could have taken his Thai wife to Norway, and after 3 months she could have got entry into the UK without all the crappy paperwork.

Location of where the family lives will not be a problem if he explains it correctly and in detail when applying, am sure that he will have to show his salary slips but as he has none, then I believe he will have to wait till he is in the UK and working before starting the whole settlement procedure.

hi

my son decided not to take his family to Norway as he was offshore much off the time. he has his wages paid in an english bank so i,m thinking that should,nt be a problem. on his visa application hes going to put that he uses my address for corrospondence in bradford, due to not having a base, and will be looking for suitable accomodation in Aberdeen as soon as his offshore experience is finished in April. Also that his family will be staying at my address in bradford until suitable accomodation is found. This dosent sound full proof, do you think he,d be better renting accomodation in Aberdeen just to get the contract and paperwork in place (although no one will be living in it till april, waste of rent)

Usually living with a third party, friend or relative, is not a problem as long as there is sufficient accommodation available; see MAA9 Assessing adequate accommodation onward.

But I'm not sure about the situation you describe; she living in Bradford with you, he living in Norway and working offshore!

I don't understand his reluctance to use the Surinder Singh route, as from what you say they will qualify, even if it means them remaining in Norway with your son as a job seeker for a couple of weeks once his current contract is finished.

Her Norwegian visa under the EEA regulations will be free.

Her UK EEA family permit will be free.

After living together in the UK for 5 years her UK permanent residence will be free.

Compare this to the UK;

• visa fee; £885 (paid in USD at a rate advantageous to UKVI)
• FLR fee after 30 months in UK; £601 (£1001 if applying in person for a same day decision)
• ILR fee 30 months after FLR (total 5 years in the UK); £1093 (£1493 if applying in person for a same day decision).

These are the current fees; they are regularly increased each April.

Plus, if using the UK immigration route then at each application stage they will have to meet the financial requirement, although your daughter in law's income, if any, can be used as well as your son's for her FLR and ILR applications.

There is no set financial requirement if using the EEA route; simply that they can support themselves without becoming an unreasonable burden upon the state.

I can understand that living with you in the UK while her husband is working offshore will be emotionally better for her than living alone in Norway, except for her children, of course; but it will only be for 3 to 4 months.

hi my son wants to apply to the UK as he is only doing his training in Norway then bck to Aberdeen, so hes basically based in UK, just doing training abroad. Hes happy doing the visa this way but a little worried over the accomodation issues. thanks for your reply